The Post is a 2017 American historical-drama-political thriller movie directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer.
The Post | |
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Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
Written by | Liz Hannah Josh Singer |
Produced by | Steven Spielberg Kristie Macosko Krieger Amy Pascal |
Starring | Meryl Streep Tom Hanks Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk Tracy Letts Bradley Whitford Bruce Greenwood Matthew Rhys |
Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
Edited by | Michael Kahn Sarah Broshar |
Music by | John Williams |
Production company | 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures Participant Media[ Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Pascal Pictures Star Thrower Entertainment |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | December 14, 2017 (Newseum) December 22, 2017 (United States) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50 million |
Box office | $179.8 million |
It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the executive editor of The Washington Post, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, and Matthew Rhys.
It was released for a short time on December 22, 2017 until releasing worldwide on January 12, 2018. It made $178 million worldwide. It got good reviews from the critics with an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Many critics called the movie as one of the best movies of 2017. It was nominated for Best Picture and Best Actress (for Streep) at the 90th Academy Awards.
The film is set in 1971, The Post is about the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers, classified documents about the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War. It begins with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara telling the public he supports the war effort but privately telling Ellsberg and Macomber that the war is lost. Years later, Ellsberg secretly makes copies of many classified documents about the Vietnam War. He brings them to Neil Sheehan of the New York Times. Katharine Graham leads the Washington Post and faces a dominant male industry. The Post eventually acquires the same material and begins assembling thousands of documents. Tension arises over whether to publish because the Post could face charges in court. Bradlee and Graham learn former Presidents and friends deceived them. Nevertheless, Graham decides to publish the reports. The Post and The Times appear in court and win. The New York Times Co. v. United States decision allows the media to print the classified documents. The film ends showing the Watergate burglary.
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